No idea, but a new microwave is the same price as those parts.
If my microwave broke I wouldn't be even considering any repair.
I tend to agree with you but that's NOT WHAT WE ARE ABOUT IS IT. Get with the program: repair don't replace. there is a war on you know. Also this is a sexy unit from a fitted kitchen, so a £30 Tesco's unit is not really a replacement in this case. (not my kitchen, a friend's with a much higher-maintenance wife than my own)
Anyway, I went to the tip and ripped through scrappers until I got booted out. Out of the 3 mags that I recovered, one was very similar. so I fitted it and now the microwave seems to work fine. (tested it boiling a bowl of water).
seems to be a dearth of information on the www about uwave oven mags, which makes me slightly suspicious that Im asking google the wrong questions.
basically, "what do the part numbers mean?".
all the scrapper mags I've got seem to begin with 2M. I imagine that this might pertain to the basic product ie 2Ghz Magnetron, but there are usually at least 2 other numbers/letters and a suffix.
power - does this just go with size?
antenna height-above-gasket. thats got to be important re tuning the cavity? the one I used is about 5mm different from the original part but I dont see any significant change in performance nor smoke, arcing, etc.
A big attraction of the fitted units seems to be that the space is generally bigger than in a cheap oven. also there is no turntable in the big fitted unit. that seems potentially dangerous. I wonder if there is a way of electronically driving the mag that means they can fill-in the nulls that must be set up within the cooking space?
I noticed when carefully reading the labels on the mag "do not use without a microwave absorbing load". that warning is not translated through to the oven user. (is it?)
Ever since understanding RF basics Ive always thought it odd that general public have a fear of putting metal into a microwave but nobody worries about running a microwave empty.
personally I take great delight in microwaving metal parts.
there is a significant demographic of people that wait a few seconds for the microwaves to "die down" before opening the door.
so many questions.
so little care.
Basically, this poster is of the opinion that, as long as the magnetron is broadly physically similar, and will orient correctly for the fan to cool it in situ, any 2M magnetron can be replaced with any other 2M magnetron. I will go further: Most cheap microwaves fail on corrosion or the turntable, so the chances are good that any given scrap microwave will have a serviceable magnetron. Ergo, a sexy fitted microwave (which are the only ones worth considering a repair on) can have its otherwise expensive mag replaced essentially for free.
"correct" part in this case would have cost £134.
